Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC
I am angry, and you should be, too. In the past few weeks, seven law enforcement officers in North Carolina have been shot. Two were killed, including Deputy Ned Byrd. Early Friday, Byrd was on patrol...
I hate August. Not my dear friend and brother in Christ by the same name. Thankfully, that August was born in July. For him I have nothing but fraternal love and respect.The month, however, is a spiri...
Normally, my column carries some biblically-inspired message, but a Second Amendment issue here in Columbus County has caught my attention. Let me be clear from the beginning. We don’t live in a...
The recent Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade handed the responsibility for abortion law back to the states, where it should have been in the first case. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution is t...
I use to be one of those people who judged. I had an opinion for every circumstance and every fault that a person may have. I was a teenager who was young and foolish, who wanted to be out in the worl...
This week Jefferson talks with Lisa Yemma of Yemma Farm. They talk about pollination and other garden related topics. You can listen in the player below. THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION with Jefferson Weaver&...
I realize that I may be in a minority of males with this opinion, but I am horrified at the idea of wearing a t-shirt, shorts and possibly even flip-flops in public. If I guy wants to dress like he li...
Somewhere in the unnecessarily complex internals of my beloved truck Valkyria, a chip or widget or circuit or something was misbehaving. Since my modern mechanical skills are roughly equal to my spare...
Note to my readers: I do not like to reprint columns, since I consider this to be a lazy habit. However, folks ask me about this one every year. At a time where our country is so divided, I coul...
Several times a week, she chases my car. She always stays on the yard side of the ditch in front of her home. She always stops and runs back to her mother when she’s called. Sometimes she gets distrac...
On June 6, the Columbus County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the FY 2022-23 budget for all funds. The adopted budget maintains the current tax rate of 80.5 cents with no tax in...
We heard the trumpet of war, the all-too-familiar roar of the challenge, the rattle of chains and breaking wood.My beloved wife looked at me. She was busy tending one of my battle wounds, h...
Their faces tell stories. One has friendly eyes and a shy smile. Another makes an obscene gesture at the camera, a show of manhood. Another looks tired. One toasts the camera with an energy drink, a c...
Have you ever found yourself cleaning out the closet and happen upon a box of old pictures you forgot you had? Your hand grazes the dust to find those ancient treasures from long ago that tell a story...
As he stepped through the door, the little cowboy was grateful for the air conditioning in the diner. His dusty boots were made for riding horses, not walking the streets of a small town on a hot su...
Being an adult with small children in the not-so-small town of Cary has made me appreciate the simplicity of growing up in the actual small town of Whiteville. Sure, I enjoy the bustling array of thin...